Mop or similar holder



June 1 1926. 1,587,483

R. B. FLAKE MOP OR SIMILAR HOLDER Filed April 21, 1925 Patented June 1,1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT B. FLAKE, 0F LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

MO]? OR SIM ILAR HOLDER.

This invention relates to a holder primarily adapted for use inconnection with floor mops or the like.

It is aimed to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive holder ofthis char" acter which avoids the use of springs and which will enablethe operator to stand erect while using the same.

Another object is to provide a novel construction wherein the same meansis utilized for securing the parts of the clamp together and also forsecuring the same to the handle or intermediate part.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the description following taken in connection withaccompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, of the device, inits operative position;

Figure 2 is an end elevation;

Figure 3 is a partial plan view on an enlarged scale, and

Figure 4: is a detail perspective view particularly illustrating theclamp and associated parts, disassociated to disclose details.

Referring specifically to the drawings, designates an elongated handle,usually of wood, of proper stoutness or girth to one end of which isattached in any suitable manner as at 11, a bifurcated holder 12,preferably of metal, the arms of which terminate in eyelets 13. Holderbars or clamp bars are provided at 14 and 15., Bolts 16 pass through thebars 14 and also through the eyelets 13, and above the eyelets, receivenuts 17. Clamp bar has openings 18 enlarged with respect to the boltsand through which the bolts pass whereby the bar 15 is slidablyadjustable relatively to the bar 14 to clamp a mop or the like betweenthem. Pressure is applied against the bar 15 through manipulation ofwing nuts or the equivalent 19 on said bolts. The bar 15 has side lugsat 20 between which the bar 14: slides and by which it is guided.

Application filed April 21, 1925.

Seria] No. 2 1,832.

Particular attention is called to the fact that the handle 10, adjacentto the lower end thereof has a crook or is offset downwardly at 21 sothat, as shown in Figure 1, the operator may hold the device in operative position while standing erect, thus overcoming the necessity ofbending incidental to mopping as is the case at present.

In use, the mop is applied removably to the device and the bar 14removed. or while that bar is in place but spaced a sufficient distancefrom the bar 15. \Vith the mop in place, the wing nuts 19 are tightenedand thus the mop is clamped in place. Accordingly when the handle ismanipulated, the mop will operate without the necessity of the operatorbending his back or moving out of an erect position. It will thus berealized that the same bolts are used to secure the holder 12 to thebars, as secures the bars adjustably together.

Changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit andscope of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A device of the class described comprising aclamping bar, a clamping bar adjustable relatively thereto, boltsconnecting said clamping bars together, end lugs on one clamping bar inguiding engagement with the other clamping bar, a handle having portionsdisposed between the bars and through which said bolts removably pass,and means on said bolts to secure the handle rigidly to one of saidbars.

2. A device of the class described comprising a clamping bar, a secondclamping bar, bolts adjustably securing said clamping bars together, aholder adapted for connection to a handle, said holder having eyeletsdisposed between said bars through which said bolts removably pass, nutson said bolts between the bars clamping said eyelets to one of said barsand nuts clamping the other bar against the first mentioned nuts.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

ROBERT B. FLAKE.

